Are boiled peanuts the key to successful oral immunotherapy?
Sequential approach is feasible and safe, with very low frequency of rescue adrenaline use, Australian study shows
Oral immunotherapy using boiled followed by roasted peanuts is feasible and safe for treating children with peanut allergy, according to a study published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy.
Flinders University researchers examined the efficacy and safety of oral immunotherapy for treating peanut allergy in children using sequential doses of boiled peanuts followed by roasted peanuts.
In the study 70 children aged 6-18 with a positive history of peanut allergy underwent oral immunotherapy involving sequential updosing with boiled then roasted peanuts.
They were given 12-hour boiled peanuts for 12 weeks, two-hour boiled peanuts for 20 weeks, and roasted peanuts for 20 weeks to a target maintenance dose of 12 peanuts per day.
